Halloween Fitness! Some Ideas

Trick or treat to all of you in cyberspace! In the context of this blog, the trick would actually be commonly referred to as the treat and the treat would be more of a trick! What the heck am I talking about?

Well now if weight (fat) loss is your goal then a trick would be to gain weight and a treat would be to be losing weight. Well I have been having tricks lately because while I have been exercising a lot – I have also been eating a lot!

Kind of convaluted logic so I’ll just launch into to this post that I will update my progress and obsticals. Here is a season approprate video on new ways to use pumpkins for fitness!

Funny, I remember kicking pumpkins at the end of a long Halloween night, not so much incorporating them into a workout when I was a kid!

Just how does one stay fit during the holidays? Well I have been trying to have my cake and eat is too but just not gain too much. So far that is going ok. I weighed in at 233 on Friday, just 5 pounds above my low a few weeks before.

The bummer is that a 52 year-old that flies a desk, cannot get away eating too much extra – even if he or she exercises a lot! What I mean to say is I have been working out from five to ten hours a week and not really watching what I eat too much at dinner and the weight has been creeping on!

I did a long hike last week and three to four jogs for a total of 10 hours. The hike did not go as expected as I planned on about 5 1/2 hours but did not realize that climbing the second peak (South Fortuna Mountain) would not have a quick back down to the road (the path back to my car). I ended up heading the other way in a valley for an hour before I could even find the road back to my car!

Here is a cool pumpkin workout I found for your review before I wrap this up.

Now I am starting to calculate how much candy I can eat with this cool Halloween Treats Calorie Counter I found! I guess you can see where I am headed but I am going to make some gains before Halloween by staying on track in the evening.

The evening is the hardest time because I am relaxing. Breakfast and lunch are planned out but dinner is an easy time to mosey over to the fridge and grab a few extras. Last night I just had extra no-calorie iced tea and I avoided loading up my plate with extra dressing or large sized helpings.

So by my reaconing I am about where I thought I would be in the first month of the eating season (Oct, Nov, & Dec). I am going to have to be strict during the week if I expect to hold on to my gains.

I hope all is well in your fiefdom!